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Stierling's Woodpecker

Dendropicos stierlingi Reichenow, A 1901

Stierling's woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is native to Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania where its natural habitat is tropical dry forests in the Eastern miombo woodlands ecoregion. It is threatened by habitat destruction. The bird is named in honour of the German bird collector N. Stierling. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Dendropicos
Scientific:
  Dendropicos stierlingi


Original description

Citation:
  Reichenow, A 1901

Reference:
   Orn. Monatsber. 9 p.166

Protonym:
  Dendropicos stierlingi

Type locality:
  Songea, Tanganyika Territory.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32693094


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  D1F738F46DE8B552

Avibase ID:
  avibase-D1F738F4

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/D1F738F4


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554015


NEAR THREATENED

Geographic range:

  • Dendropicos stierlingi: southern Tanzania to northern Mozambique and southern Malawi; eastern Zambia?
English:
Stierling's Woodpecker
Catalan:
Picot de Stierling
Czech:
datel Stierlingův
Danish:
Miombospætte
German:
Stierlingspecht
Spanish:
Pito de Stierling
Spanish (Spain):
Pito de Stierling
Finnish:
mosambikintikkanen
French:
Pic de Stierling
Croatian:
maslinastoleđi djetlić
Italian:
Picchio di Stierling
Japanese (romaji):
erigurogera
Japanese:
エリグロゲラ
Lithuanian:
Stirlingo savaninis genys
Dutch:
Stierlings Specht
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Miombospett
Norwegian:
Miombospett
Polish:
dzięcioł tanzański
Portuguese:
pica-pau-de-stierling
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-pau-de-stierling
Russian:
Малавийский дятел
Slovak:
ďateľ malawijský
Swedish:
malawispett
Ukrainian:
Дятел танзанійський
Chinese:
斯氏啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
莫桑啄木


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Pic de Stierling ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pic de Stierling ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
Clements 1st edition:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
Clements, version 2021:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Chloropicus stierlingi)
Clements, version 2022:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Chloropicus stierlingi)
Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Chloropicus stierlingi)
Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Chloropicus stierlingi)
eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Dendropicos stierlingi
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Dendropicos stierlingi
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Dendropicos stierlingi
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Stierling's Woodpecker ( Dendropicos stierlingi)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Dendropicos stierlingi
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Dendropicos stierlingi

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Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Stierlingspeg
Catalan: Picot de Stierling
Czech: Datel Stierlinguv, datel Stierlingův
Danish: Miombospætte
German: Stierlingspecht, Stierling-Specht
English: Stierling's Woodpecker
English, HBW: Stierling's Woodpecker
English (IOC): Stierling's Woodpecker
English (United States): Stierling's Woodpecker
Esperanto: Stirlinga dendropiko
Spanish: Pico de Stierling, Pito de Stierling
Spanish (Spain): Pito de Stierling
Spanish (HBW): Stierling's Woodpecker
Estonian: njassa väikerähn
Finnish: Mosambikintikkanen
French: Pic de Stierling
Croatian: maslinastoleđi djetlić
Italian: Picchio di Stierling
Japanese (romaji): erigurogera
Japanese: エリグロゲラ
Scientific: Chloropicus stierlingi, Dendropicos stierlingi
Lithuanian: Stirlingo savaninis genys
Dutch: Stierlings Specht, Stierling-specht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Miombospett
Norwegian: Miombospett
Polish: dzieciol tanzanski, dzięcioł tanzański
Portuguese: Pica pau de Stierling, Pica-pau-de-Stierling
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-de-stierling
Russian: Малавийский дятел, Стирлингов саванный дятел
Slovak: ďateľ malawijský
Swedish: Malawispett
Swahili: Kigong'ota-miombo
Turkish: Stierling ağaçkakanı
Ukrainian: Дятел танзанійський
Chinese: 斯氏啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 莫桑啄木

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